About a year ago, I began fully immersing myself in everything Dungeons & Dragons – a game where a group of friends sit around a table and collectively create a story, explore environments and slay spooky monsters.
I’d played once before, a few years back, but I had no clue what I was doing – and that campaign sadly got cut short by everyone moving countries (the game industry was calling…).
It probably wouldn’t surprise anyone that D&D crossed my path again thanks to the release and subsequent mania of Baldur’s Gate 3. Literally everyone and their grandma was playing it.
It was around that time I caught a flu and became bed ridden, and ended up binge-watching the first 12 episodes of Critical Role over the course of a week.
I got hooked.
Once I caught that bug, I immediately set out to find folks to play with. And as luck would have it, there was (is!) a community in Stockholm that plays every month (Discord, for those interested).
Playing some one-shots there really opened my eyes to D&D’s potential, and that same year I ran one for my family over Christmas. This marked my first foray into being a “Game Master” – something that initially seemed pretty daunting, but turned out to be far less scary and way more fun than I originally anticipated.
Since then, I joined a campaign, brought together several colleagues (for whom I now GM the Dragon of Icespire Peak) and I even started a one-on-one campaign with my fiancée.
Not a week goes by without some D&D goodness ☺️
All in all, I’m very glad to have found this hobby. It’s widened my social circles, created an outlet for creativity, and opened up a whole new world for me and my friends to explore.
I thought it apt to open my new blog with something that makes me happy 😄
Thank you for reading!
Resources that helped me get started
Player Class Guides by The Dungeon Dudes have been great, both for me as a player and as GM to send to new players!
Matt Colville – Running the Game is filled with great advice on how to run the game as a GM
I want to especially highlight this video I wish I found earlier:
